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Detroit Partnership
Founded
c. 1908; 116 years ago (1908)
Founder
Pietro Mirabile
Founding location
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Years active
c. 1908–present
Territory
Primarily the Detroit metropolitan area, with additional territory throughout Michigan and Ohio, as well as Windsor, Ontario, South Florida, Las Vegas and Partinico[1]
Ethnicity
Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
The Detroit Partnership (also known as the Detroit crime family, Detroit Combination, Detroit Mafia, Zerilli crime family, and the Tocco–Zerilli crime family) (Italian pronunciation:[dzeˈrilli]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Detroit, Michigan. The family mainly operates in the Greater Detroit area, as well as in Windsor, Ontario, Toledo, Ohio, South Florida, and Las Vegas.
As a result of an edict issued in 1931 by William Tocco and Joseph Zerilli, that members of the organization must marry the daughters, sisters, nieces or cousins of other members, in a measure to ensure loyalty, the Detroit Partnership has been affected significantly less by defections, law enforcement infiltration and infighting than other Mafia families in the United States.[2] The crime reporter Scott Burnstein has called the Detroit Mafia "the picture of success, stability, functionality and diversification".[9]
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The Mob and Pals Who Call Miami Home The Miami Herald (November 23, 1969) Archived May 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
Who's Who: South Florida Mob and Pals The Miami Herald (November 29, 1970) Archived May 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
Reputed Detroit Mafia Leaders Rounded Up After 5-Year Federal Investigation Pierre Thomas, The Washington Post (March 14, 1996) Archived May 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
Mob bust has old LV links Rachel Levy, Las Vegas Sun (March 15, 1996) Archived May 9, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
Mob Is Making South Florida Its Winter Home Ronnie Greene, The Seattle Times (Mar 31, 1996) Archived May 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
"Heroin & The 20th Century Detroit Mafia". gangsterreport.com. July 12, 2014. Archived October 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
"The Detroit Mafia & The Buckeye State: Toledo, Other Ohio Towns Long Fell Under Michigan Mob's Thumb". gangsterreport.com. February 24, 2016. Archived October 20, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
The Genie in the Lamp Jeff German, Las Vegas Review-Journal (September 20, 2021) Archived May 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
^ abc"Organized Crime In Detroit: Forgotten But Not Gone". CBS Detroit. James Buccellato and Scott M. Burnstein. June 24, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2016. Archived March 26, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
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Reputed Detroit Mafia Leaders Rounded Up After 5-Year Federal Investigation Pierre Thomas, The Washington Post (March 14, 1996) Archived May 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
Businessman with mob ties went against Detroit gang The Blade (May 17, 2001) Archived May 9, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
"The Detroit Mafia & The Buckeye State: Toledo, Other Ohio Towns Long Fell Under Michigan Mob's Thumb". gangsterreport.com. February 24, 2016. Archived October 20, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
"A Trip Into The Inner Sanctum Of The Mob: Going Undercover Inside The Detroit Mafia". gangsterreport.con. February 29, 2016. Archived October 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
The Detroit Mob & The Porn Racket: ‘Frankie Rah Rah’ & ‘Joe Hooks’ Ran Sex Trade In Motor City In Pre-Internet Era Scott Burnstein, GangsterReport.com (April 17, 2018) Archived July 14, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
^"Heroin & The 20th Century Detroit Mafia". gangsterreport.com. July 12, 2014. Archived October 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
^"The Detroit Mafia & The Buckeye State: Toledo, Other Ohio Towns Long Fell Under Michigan Mob's Thumb". gangsterreport.com. February 24, 2016. Archived October 20, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
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Mob & Bikers In Detroit At Odds, The Bomb’s Absence Being Felt Scott Burnstein, GangsterReport.com (March 8, 2015) Archived November 6, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
Former Outlaws MC President Taco Bowman & The Detroit Mob Squared Off In ’90s Dice Game Dispute Scott Burnstein, GangsterReport.com (August 5, 2017) Archived September 19, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
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Biker Gangs In The Motor City: A History of Riding Rough Scott Burnstein, GangsterReport.com (July 2, 2014) Archived September 21, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
Former Outlaws MC President Taco Bowman & The Detroit Mob Squared Off In ’90s Dice Game Dispute Scott Burnstein, GangsterReport.com (August 5, 2017) Archived September 19, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
^"Whitey Bulger & The Detroit Mafia: Boston's Winter Hill Gang Came To Motown To Fix Horse Races". gangsterreport.com. November 2, 2018. Archived October 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
^Organized crime: Then and now in metro area Lisa Brody, Downtown Newsmagazine (April 24, 2018) Archived October 1, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
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